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DB2 - Problem description

Problem IC86340 Status: Closed

DRDA WRAPPER REPORTS -901 ERROR IF SOURCE TABLE/VIEW HAS COLUMN WITH
CHAR(0) DATA TYPE

product:
DB2 FOR LUW / DB2FORLUW / A10 - DB2
Problem description:
You will encountered -901 error when creating a nickname 
pointing to a table or a view that has a column with data type 
char(0): 
 
SQL0901N  The SQL statement failed because of a non-severe 
system error. Subsequent SQL statements can be processed. 
(Reason "Invalid nickname column length".)  SQLSTATE=58004 
 
The problem is easy to be reproduced: 
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db2 connect to <source dbname> 
db2 "create view test_view as select char('') as col1 from 
sysibm.sysdummy1" 
db2 connect to <fed dbname> 
db2 "create nickname nk_test for drdaserver.schema.test_view" 
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Problem Summary:
User affected: 
  Users who use DRDA wrapper of  in InfoSphere Federation Server 
Problem description and summay: 
  See error description
Local Fix:
Cast the CHAR(0) column to a not null column as: 
 
cast('' as char(1)) as col1
available fix packs:
DB2 Version 10.1 Fix Pack 2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
DB2 Version 10.1 Fix Pack 3 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
DB2 Version 10.1 Fix Pack 4 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
DB2 Version 10.1 Fix Pack 3a for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
DB2 Version 10.1 Fix Pack 6 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows

Solution
Problem was fistly fixed in Version 10, FixPak 2. This 
fix should be applied on the federation Server.
Workaround
not known / see Local fix
Timestamps
Date  - problem reported    :
Date  - problem closed      :
Date  - last modified       :
05.09.2012
04.01.2013
04.01.2013
Problem solved at the following versions (IBM BugInfos)
Problem solved according to the fixlist(s) of the following version(s)
10.1.0.2 FixList
10.5.0.2 FixList